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W. D. SMITH.

PACKAGE TIE. No. 274,044. Patented Mar. 13,1883.

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UNITED STATES FFICE.

PATENT ONE-HALF TO OYRUS EMERY, OF SAME PLACE.

PACKAGE-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,044, dated March13, 1883.

7 Application filed January 11,1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,WAL'10N D. SMITH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Prophetstown, in the county of Whiteside and State -quicklyand easily secured, as will be hereinafter fully described, andparticularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings hereto'annexed, Figure 1 4 representsthe end of awrapping-sheet having one form of my improvedftying device.

'Fig.,2 is a perspective view of a bag having another form of the tyingdevice. Fig; 3 shows an envelope having a thirdform of thefasteningdevice. Fig. 4 shows a wrapping-sheet having afourth form ofthe tying device. Fig. 5 shows a wrappin g-sheet equipped with a fifthform of the .tying device. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the fastenershown in Fig. 5 detached. Figs. 7,8, 9, and 10 are sectional views ofthe tying devices shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively; and Figs.11 and 12' show in perspective a package and a bag secured by the tyingdevices shown in Figs. 1 and 2, respectively.

, The same letters refer to the same parts in all the figures.

Myiinproved tying device consists of one or two flat or slightly-curveddisks secured to the sheet, envelope, or other article to be seone endof "whichthe fastening device is secured.

of two slightly-curved or concavo-convex The device in thisinstanceconsists disks placed on opposite sides of the sheet, with their convexsides in contact with the "latter, and secured by means of an ordinary Veyelet, B, passing through the disks, which are denoted by O C, and thesheet. Between the outer side Df the sheet and the adjoining disk issecured a tying-cord, D. The disks O C- may be stamped or otherwiseformed of thin sheet metal, or of any other material that may be deemedsuitable for thepurpose, but which should be of a somewhat elasticnature, in order to hold -the tying-cord firmly when the package istied, as will be presently described. The device just described isillustrated in Figs. 1, 7, and 11 of the drawings:

In Figs. 2, 8, and 12 the disks 0 O are secured to the fabric of a bag,E, bymeans of a rivet, F, passing through the disks and fabric. In otherrespects the constructionis precisely as above described.

In Figs. 3 and 9, I have substituted for the curved disks 0 0 two flatdisks, Gr G, of paste- -board or like material, secured in position byan eyelet, B.

In Figs. etand 10, I have shown a single disk G, secured to the outerside of a wrappingsheet by means of an eyelet, B. y

In Figs. 5 and 6 is illustrated a single disk, H, stamped or struck upfrom sheet metal, and having tongues I I struck up from its body toserve as means for attaching it, as shown, to the outer side of awrapping-sheet, bag, envelope-flap, or the like.

The operation of my invention will be at once understood from theforegoing description,taken in connection with the drawings heretoannexed. The package having been made up, the tying-cord is passedaround the same and made fast by wrapping it one or more times under theouter disk, around the stem or shank formed by the connecting mediuln.The elasticity of the outer disk serves to hold the cord securely.

The disk or disks may'in every case be either flat or curved, at option.I prefer, however, to make at least the outer disk slightly curved, asthe tying-cord may then be more easily wrapped under it.

I would also have it understood that in the accompanying drawings only afew of the modifications of which my invention is capable have beenshown. Thus, instead of the eyelet, rivet, or struck-up tongues, anyother suitable oonnecting medium may be used. Likewise, in

lieu of the circular disks shown in the'several figures, disks of anyother suitable shapesuch as oblong, rectangular, or pol ygonal may beused Without departing from the spirit of my invention. Whether one ortwo disks shall be employed will also be entirely optional with theuser.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States 1. A package-tying device consisting of a disk permanentlysecured to the outer side of a wrapping-sheet, bag, or the like, and atyingcord secured permanently under the said disk, as set forth.

2. A package-tying device consisting of a curved or concavo-convex' diskpermanently secured to the outer side of a Wrapping-sheet,

